Stove-leg.



PATENTED JUNE 2,1908. c. G. DAVIS.

STOVE LEG. APPLICATION FILED DBO. 28, 1907.

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CLEVELAND G. DAVIS, OF MANISTEE, MICHIGAN.

STOVE-LEG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Application filed December 28, 1907. Serial No. 408,417.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLEVELAND G. DAVIS, citizen of the United States,residin at Manistee, in the county of Manistee and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove-Legs, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements in stovelegs and the object of the invention is an improved caster which isdesigned to be attached to a stove leg to adapt the stove to be easilytrundled when desired, and which may be conveniently raised and held in"a novel manner out of operative position in order to render the stovestationary after it has been set in place.

With this and other objects in view that will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists .in certain constructionsand arrangements of parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe andclaim.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereofreference is to be had to the following description andaccompanying'drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stove showing my improved stove legsapplied thereto. stove leg showing the caster in an operative position.Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the caster in raised position.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingby the same reference characters.

My improved caster is described and illustrated in connection with astove leg A, and comprises a relatively broad supporting arm 1 which ispreferably constructed of suitable spring material and is formed at oneend with a sleeve 2 by means of which it is pivotally mounted on a bolt3 extending across the inner face of the stove leg A and secured between the sides thereof. A on ped disk 4 is rigidly secured to the otherend of the arm 1 and is designedto receive the foot of the stove leg. Tothe bottom of this disk is secured a plate 5, and a caster frame 6carrying Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a a caster proper 7, isswiveled to the said plate, anti-friction bearings 8 being interposedbetween the plate and the caster rame, as shown.

In order to remove the caster from operative position, the adjacent endof the stove is raised and the cupped disk is sprung out of engagementwith the foot of the stove leg, as is permitted by the springconstruction of the supportin arm. The device is swung upwardly unti itis received in the interior chamber of the stove leg, as clearly shownin Fig. 3, and is then wedged between the upper end of the stove leg andthe bolt, such wedging obviously bowing the spring arm which thus exertsits tension to hold the device securely in its raised position. In thisraised position the caster is substantially out of sight and will nottear a broom when sweeping or otherwise get in the way.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In combination with a stove leg,a device of the character describedcomprising a spring su porting arm pivotally connected at one en to thestove leg, a disk secured to the other end of said arm, and a castermounted on the disk, said device being designed to be wedged between thepivoted end of the arm and the upper end of the stove leg, as

and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with a stove leg, a device of the character describedcomprising, a bolt secured to the stove leg, a spring sup orting armformed at one end with a seeve mounted on said bolt, a disk secured tothe other end of the arm and designed for operative engagement with thefoot of the stove leg, and a caster attached to the disk, said devicebeing adapted to be wedged between the upper end of the stove leg andthe bolt whereby to hold the caster in an ino erative position, as andfor the urt gse set orth.

In testimony whereof I a my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLEVELAND G. DAVIS. Witnesses;

JAMEs L. SIBBEN, KATHRY CIoHY.

